SYRACUSE, N.Y. – As the Syracuse University volleyball team prepares to close its regular season slate, the Orange will face off against California and Virginia Tech in its final two matches. These familiar foes have already proven to be tough opponents this season, with Syracuse previously falling to California in a heartbreaking reverse sweep and rallying for a come-from-behind win over Virginia Tech.
The Syracuse University volleyball team (14-16, 2-16 ACC) is set to conclude its regular season schedule this week. On Wednesday, the Orange will host California (13-17, 5-13 ACC) at the Women’s Building at 1 p.m., before travelling to Virginia Tech (7-21, 1-17 ACC) on Friday for a 1:30 p.m. showdown. Both matches will be streamed live on ACCNX.
Rematch
The Orange have already played both California and Virginia Tech this season. In its first meeting, Syracuse was unable to close out California, as the Golden Bears came back from a two-set deficit to win 3-2. However, against Virginia Tech, the Orange successfully mounted a comeback of its own, rallying from a 2-1 deficit to earn its first ACC victory of the season.
Syracuse will look to engineer a repeat performance when it takes on California this week. The Orange showed signs of its potential comeback abilities against Notre Dame, when they fought back from a two-set deficit to win in five sets, with set scores of 25-22, 25-22, and 15-12.
Unbeaten in Non-Conference
One of the standout stories for Syracuse this season has been its impressive undefeated non-conference record, the program’s first since the 2010 season. The Orange went a perfect 12-0, one of just seven unbeaten teams left in the country after completing its non-conference slate.
During non-conference play, the Orange finished with an impressive 12-0 record, emerging as one of the top teams in the country with a flawless performance. By dominating non-conference games, the team showed determination and commitment, resulting in their unblemished slate.
In this year’s campaign, the Orange continued their perfect streak by starting the season 12-0 in non-conference play, their first flawless start to a season in 14 years. Among their key non-conference matchups was their encounter with Notre Dame on November 10, in which the Syracuse came back from 0-2 to triumph over the visiting Fighting Irish, securing an essential five-set win over their first Big Four non-conference foes this campaign.
One major factor for Syracuse this season has been its explosive hitting. Currently, graduate transfer Ava Palm is ranked tied for #9 in the ACC for her remarkable total of 346 kills, demonstrating herself as one of the prominent leaders on her team with strong attacking play and all-round exceptional stats that continue to prove invaluable throughout each game throughout her 21 performances and consistently hitting high marks per game to her already stacked stat book as well having hit into the twenties not only during most but over twenty occasions on 27 times while continuing an attacking dominance while putting Syracuse one of leading contenders with incredible and relentless striking and serving as Syracuse offensive backbone also not only is a true defensive standout. She is at the center of her attack. This hitting powerhouse shows she will undoubtedly keep moving her squad into strong performances this week in two season’s closing match that has big implications to what Syracuse program hopes and can accomplish beyond.
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